(You say dictator; well I’m really a dictator. If I don’t become a dictator [expletive], nothing will happen to this country. It’s true. If I don’t use my dictatorial style now, nothing will happen to our country.)

The President’s statement came days before the country is set to commemorate the 32nd Edsa People Power Revolution, which toppled the Marcos dictatorship.

Duterte, however, had previously said he does not have plans to become a dictator and even asked the public in a recent speech to shun dictatorship.
He had earlier ordered the military and the police to shoot him if he extends even just for a day beyond his term in 2022.